Rhachitopis crassus Walker, 1870

Tshililo, Precious, 2020, Review of South African Euryphyminae, Zootaxa 4820 (1), pp. 70-104 : 99

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scientific name	Rhachitopis crassus Walker, 1870
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Caloptenus crassus: Walker, 1870:694 .

Euryphymus crassus: Kirby, 1902:99 ; Kirby, 1910:547.

Rhachitopis crassus Uvarov, 1922:143 ; Johnston, H.B. 1956:422; Dirsh, 1956:121–272, figs. 27.12, 13; Dirsh. 1965: 263; Johnston, 1968:194; Naskrecki, 1992:59, figs. 1–13, 74, 81.

Type locality. Africa, Southern Africa , South Africa. No type examined .

Material. SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape: 20 miles west of Hopetown (S29.6578, E23.7517) 27.i.1930 coll. K. Munro— 2♂, 2♀ ( ANSP) GoogleMaps ; 40 mi. E. of Calvinia , S31.44085, E20.43228, 18 Mar. 1939 coll. E.R. Helwig— 21♂, 4♀ ( ANSP) GoogleMaps ; 50 mi E of Pofadder (S29.1284, E20.2247) 18.iii.1958 coll. G. van Son— 1♀ GoogleMaps ; Free State: Bloemfontein (S29.1177, E26.2178) 06.v.1919 coll. Ch. K. Brain— 2♂, 2♀ ( USTB) GoogleMaps ; Mpumalanga: De La Rey (S25.8688, E29.2238) i.1917 coll. Dr. Brauns— 2♂, 1♀ (Transvaal Museum) GoogleMaps ; Fraserburg (S31.9131, E21.5140) 19.v.1939 coll. E.R. Helwig—1 ( ANSP) ♂ GoogleMaps ; Eastern Cape: Great Fish River Game Reserve , Buffalo Camp North (S32.9029, E26.7879) 02.vi.2001 coll. M. Pareja—5 (Trasnsvaal Museum) ♀ GoogleMaps ; Herbert (S29.6589, E24.6635) 15.v.1919,— 1♂, 3♀ ( ANSP) GoogleMaps ; Hopetown (S29.6196, E24.0869) 27.i.1930 — 2♂, 2♀ ( ANSP) GoogleMaps ; Kimberley (S28.7432, E24.7662)—1 ( ANSP) ♂ GoogleMaps ; Western Cape: Middleburg (S31.5069, E25.0172) 07.iv.1955 coll. D.H. Botha— 1♂, 1♀ ( ANSP) GoogleMaps ; Mynfontein Farm , 20 mi S of de Aar (S30.9211, E23.9250) 10.vi.1971 coll.A. Strydom— 1♀ (Transvaal Museum) GoogleMaps ; Prieska (S29.7175, E22.7433) v.1973 — 2♀ GoogleMaps ; Putzonderwater (S29.2348, E21.8731) 18.iii.1958 coll. G. van Son— 2♂, 6♀ GoogleMaps ; Richmond (S29.8913, E30.2563) 09.iv.1939 — 1♀ GoogleMaps ; Western Cape: Stellenbosch (S33.9346, E18.8592) 13.iv.1940 — 3♀ ( USTB) GoogleMaps ; Twee Rivieren, S. Kalahari, Auob River (S26.4730, E20.5779) 11.ii.1958 coll. G. van Son— 5♀ (Transvaal Museum) GoogleMaps ; Willowmore (S33.2842, E23.4925) xii.1917,— 1♀ GoogleMaps (Transvaal Museum).

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from South Africa ( Walker 1870; Uvarov 1922; Dirsh 1956a; Brown 1962; Naskrecki 1992) and Namibia ( Sjostedt 1932; Naskrecki 1995).